Martin Jaspers, aka "Marakoeschtra", is a Dutch AFOL who has been building LEGO since he was six.
He only became interested in castle-themed LEGO a short time ago,
inspired by the creations he saw on Brickshelf.
He said he just tries to "build things that are interesting and have an authentic look",
but that's quite an understatement; since the end of last year,
he has turned out amazing castle creations at a very fast rate.
Martin started with some
medieval houses,
then went to a village.
In fairly short succession he presented a
foresthouse,
a windmill,
a sled,
and a harbour.
With each creation his building style has improved and the techniques have grown more complex.
He has also slowly injected "life" into his creations--from the earliest unpopulated creations,
introducing figs, and now culminating in
storytelling
with his most recent creation:
Walled City.
His MOCs have all attracted attention in our forums, and can be discussed in these threads:
houses,
village,
foresthouse,
windmill,
sled,
harbour,
walled city.

Martin's creations can all be found in his
Brickshelf gallery.
At this point he has no other website or public display of his work.
He is also a member of Lowlug, a Dutch AFOL forum.

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Henning Friis Andersen was inspired by the Yellow Castle category in our Colossal Castle Contest,
and he came up with his Bigger Yellow Castle.
Due to space considerations in his home, he built this with a modular design so it could be easily taken down and stored.
One advantage of this is that it can be put together in
various different
configurations.
The most striking thing about this MOC, though, is the variety of different design ideas he has used for his towers,
achieving square,
circular,
ovoid,
triangular,
and octagonal shapes.

Henning has previously posted a giant Red Castle.
He says that he likes building in the classic colors, so keep a lookout for blue, black, and white castles.
Plus he is also considering building a new red castle.
Henning visits Classic-Castle, but has not yet posted in our forums.
He has recently joined Lugnet, so hopefully we'll be hearing more from this builder.

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Dark Forest Fortress was released in 1996 for the Forestmen.
The fortress has a defensive catapult, living area, a jail with a skeleton, and a collapsing tree.
A Dragon Master wagon complete with a driver, soldier, and treasure must pass by the fortress and its four forestmen.
This set had a limited release in Europe and was not pictured in many catalogs.

Earlier today there were some minor issues where the Forums reverted to using the default subSilver Style. Our custom style had become corrupted and was no longer available for use. It is unclear at this time if this was due to a bug in the system, a delierate hack attempt, or some sort of script exploit. This is being looked into.

The Forum database was not affected by this, and a current backup has been made just in case. Our custom Style has been restored and all should be displaying as normal now. If after refreshing you are still experiencing display errors, please post them in the Administrative Forum.

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

Forestmen's River Fortress was released in 1989.
It is a rock and tree fortess surrounded by water.
Special features of the set are the raft, ramp, portcullis, jail, and opening back wall.
Five forestmen, one lion soldier, and various accessories are included.

Nelson Yrizarry, known as Sir Nelson in our forums,
was one of the dominant builders in the
Colossal Castle Contest.
In addition to winning the siege weapons category with his
Warwulf,
he also received honorable mentions in seven other categories.
His creativity did not stop there, though. He just posted his
Chateau de Vignette,
a combination of nine different vignettes.
Each individual unit would be notable by itself,
but they come together to make a small castle.
Check out all of Nelson's creations in his
Brickshelf gallery.